Closer Heartbeat

The narrator complains to Huck that Huck is spoiling the mood by making fun of him. Huck says that it's okay for Huck to act this way because there are people around. The narrator tells Huck to take care of the wound on his leg, and Huck apologizes. Huck tells Huck that he once made fun of the narrator whenever he got the chance, and now he's giving him a chance. Huck doesn't believe Huck's story, and he says that when they poke fun at one another, all of his melancholy disappears. Huck and Huck agree to take a photo of each other. The rules are simple - they just need to pose like they are. Huck agrees to take the photo and Huck says he'll be happy to take it. Huck is disgusted by the smell of sweat and the fact that the prize is so high. He says that Huck has won the prize and Huck is going home. Huck sighs that the 50,000 prize was just a trick. He's going home, he says, "like a rabbit, desperately fleeing" .